Eagle Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- Eagle Foundation makes contributions only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered and the realistic first step is to get on its radar before asking.
- Its grants are chiefly programme and project support and humanitarian assistance, with health, education, water and agricultural, religious and community recipients, so a charity working in those areas has a natural fit, though the filing states no overall funding theme or detailed eligibility criteria.
- Repeat giving is strong: 97% of grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so existing relationships matter a great deal.
- Half of its grants were $150,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $15,000 and $1,500,000, so a request in the lower part of that range is the most sensible size, although that band is typical rather than a ceiling, as its largest grant was $6,000,000.
- Organisations that cannot secure an invitation should not send an unsolicited request, because the foundation says it does not accept them.
Overview
Eagle Foundation is a US private foundation based in Omaha, NE.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 12 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Across its recorded giving, the foundation’s grants are chiefly described as programme and project support, alongside humanitarian assistance. Recipients include international relief organisations, health and medical organisations, water and agricultural-development organisations, universities and scholarship programmes, religious bodies, and local community and social-service organisations. Other stated purposes include education programmes and religious ministry outreach. The grants are made to charitable organisations; the filing says contributions are limited to preselected charitable organisations and that unsolicited requests are not accepted. The filings do not state an overall funding theme or detailed eligibility criteria.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Nebraska, Massachusetts, Washington, Maryland, Iowa and the United States.
How to apply
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 97% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 196 grants to organisations were $150,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 18%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 5%
- The largest single recipient received 17% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 97% of grant dollars went to organisations Eagle Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- <1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 65 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $200k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Creighton University · Program and Project Support$6,000,0002024 tax year
- Catholic Relief Services · Program and Project Support$4,250,0002024 tax year
- Partners In Health · Program and Project Support$4,000,0002024 tax year
- World Vision · Program and Project Support$4,000,0002024 tax year
- Mercy Corps · Program and Project Support$2,700,0002024 tax year
- Catholic Relief Services · Program and Project Support$1,500,0002024 tax year
- Root Capital · Program and Project Support$1,500,0002024 tax year
- World Vision · Program and Project Support$1,500,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Alexander J Wolf — Secretary
- James W Cabela — President / Treasurer / Director
- Karen Van Dyke — Director
- Michael R Mccarthy — Director
- Michael Hupp — Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $35,922,078 | $33,410,000 | $372,957,568 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $40,821,101 | $37,416,025 | $598,617,120 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $47,374,743 | $41,301,025 | $990,878,390 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Omaha, NE